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Mark F. Reynolds, PhD

Associate Professor

Mark F. Reynolds

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Science Center 307

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Dr. Mark Reynolds obtained his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Grinnell College as a Charles White Scholar. He obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a NIH Biophysics Fellow. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Minnesota prior to becoming a faculty member at Saint Joseph’s University. He has been a visiting researcher at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory.

The Philadelphia section of the American Chemical Society recently honored Mark with the 2022 “Excellence in College Teaching Award” in recognition of distinguished teaching, mentorship, and scholarly activities in the chemical sciences. Mark has successfully mentored over 60 undergraduate students in his research lab and has co-authored the American Chemical Society’s Biochemistry national exam. He recently served as a pro bono consultant for the international company CORTEVA Agriscience™ on the preparation and storage of COVID-19 tests in the early stages of the pandemic, a project that has been highlighted in the Des Moines Register and other media.

At Saint Joseph’s, Mark helped to develop the Chemical Biology Program, growing it from 15 to approximately 60 majors. He currently serves as Director of the University’s Office of Fellowships, mentoring students through the application process for national fellowships and helping them obtain multiple Fulbright, Barry M. Goldwater, and NSF graduate research fellowships and scholarships, among others. Because of our fellowships success. He has been active in faculty governance, the Institutional Review Board, and the Health Professions Advisory Committee.

Mark regularly participates in science outreach activities at area schools. He appeared as a guest on National Public Radio to speak about his work in co-creating a new nutrition education component to the 4th grade curriculum at Gompers Elementary School as part of a project to fight obesity in urban youth.

    • BA Grinnell College (1993)
    • PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison (1999)

  • Mark’s research is in the field of inorganic biochemistry, the study of the structure and function of metal ions in biological systems. Mark studies the heme-based gas sensing proteins, which sense NO, CO and O2 and regulate important processes such as blood pressure and neurotransmission, an area in which he has been a pioneer. He and his students study the oxygen sensing mechanism of the heme protein FixL that regulates nitrogen fixation in alfalfa and soybean, which is important for agriculture. His research group also helped to discover the first heme-responsive ion channel, human Slo BK channels, in collaboration with Dr. Toshi Hoshi’s lab at the U. of Pennsylvania, which are crucial in blood pressure regulation, etc. A more recent project focuses on the bioremediation of industrial dye pollutants using heme proteins as green catalysts.

    Mark has presented and published research from his lab widely in journals such as Nature, Accounts of Chemical Research and Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. He is the co-editor of a new research collection from CRC press, Taylor and Francis Group. Mark’s research at SJU has been funded by grants from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, the Research Corporation, Merck, Inc., the National Institutes for Health, and the National Science Foundation. His research has been highlighted twice in the American Chemical Society journal Chemical and Engineering News, and featured in Science Daily Highlights, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Eureka Research Highlights.

  • Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

    Saint Joseph’s University undergraduate students are indicated by*

    • Reynolds, M. F., Rao, U. Pogash, S.*, Saul, A.*, Barr, G.*, Ortiz de Montellano, E.*, Falgie, B.*, Stefanic, I.*, Barry, D.* The Role of Horse Hemoglobin and Horse Heart Myoglobin as Green Catalysts in the Bioremediation of Four Classes of Industrial Textile Dyes, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10242422.2024.2405047'
    • Reynolds, M. F., New Insights into the O2 Sensing Mechanism of FixL and other Biological Heme-Based  Gas Sensor Proteins, J. Inorg. Biochem,  Volume 259 (2024)  112642,             
      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112642
    • Mokdad, A., Ang,  E.*, Desciak, M.*, Ott, C.*, Vilbert, A.*, Beddow, O.*, Butuc, A.*, Larsen, R. W., Reynolds, M. F. Photoacoustic Calorimetry Studies of O2-Sensing FixL and (R200, I209) Variants from Sinorhizobium meliloti Reveal Conformational Changes Coupled to Ligand Photodissociation from the Heme-PAS DomainBiochemistry, 2024, 63 (1), 116-127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00438
    • Farquhar, E. R.; Emerson, J. P. ; Koehntop, K. D.; Reynolds, M. F.; Trmčić. M.; Lawrence, Que, L., Jr. In Vivo Self-Hydroxylation of an Fe-Substituted Manganese Dependent Extradiol Dioxygenase, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 16, 589-596. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-011-0760-4 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Ackley*, L., Blizman*, A., Lutz*, Z., Manoff*, D. R., Miles*, M., Pace*, M., Patterson*, J., Pozzessere*, N., Saia*, K., Sato*, R., Smith*, D., Tarves*, P., Weaver*, M., Sieg, K., Lukat-Rodgers, G. S., Rodgers, K. R. Role of Conserved Fa-helix Residues in the Native Fold and Stability of the Kinase-Inhibited Oxy State of the Oxygen-sensing FixL Protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2009, 485, 150-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.02.011  
    • Hou, S., Reynolds, M. F., Horrigan, F., Heinemann, S. H., Hoshi, T. Reversible binding of heme to proteins in cellular signal transduction. Accounts of Chemical Research 2006, 39, 918-924. DOI: 10.1021/ar040020w 
    • Emerson, J. P., Wagner, M. L., Reynolds, M. F., Que, L., Jr., Sadowsky, M. J., Wacket, L. P. The Role of Histidine 200 in MndD, the Mn(II)-Dependent 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate 2,3-dioxygenase from Arthrobacter globiformis CM-2, a site-directed mutagenesis study. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2005,10, 751-760. DOI: >10.1007/s00775-005-0017-1 
    • Tang, D. X., Xu, R., Reynolds, M. F., Garcia, M. L., Heinemann, S. H., Hoshi, T. Haem Can Bind to and Inhibit Mammalian Calcium-Dependent Slo1 BK Channels. Nature 2003, 425, 531-534. DOI: 10.1038/nature02003 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Costas, M., Ito, M., Jo, D-H., Tipton, A. A., Whiting, A. K., L.  Que, L., Jr. 4-Nitrocatechol as a Probe of a Mn(II)-Dependent Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase (MndD). A Comparison with Relevant Fe(II) and Mn(II) Model Complexes. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 8, 263-272. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-002-0411-x 
    • Carr, H. S, Tran, D., Reynolds, M. F., Burstyn, J. N., Spiro, T. G. Activation of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase by Four-Coordinate Metalloporphyrins: Evidence for a Role for Porphyrin Conformation. Biochemistry 2002, 41, 10149-10157. DOI: 10.1021/bi010777k
    • Minelli, M., Hoang, M-L., Kraus, M., Kucera, G., Loertscher, J., Reynolds, M., Timm, N., Chiang, M. Y., Powell, D. The Effect of Substituents on the Phenyl Portion of the Imido Ligand on the Structure and Properties of Molybdenum(VI) Imido Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41, 5954-5960. DOI: 10.1021/ic025642x 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Parks, R. B., Burstyn, J. N., Shelver, D., Thorsteinsson, M. V., Kerby, R. L., Roberts, G. P., Vogel, K. M., Spiro, T. G. Electronic Absorption, EPR and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of CooA, a CO-Sensing Transcription Factor from R. rubrum, Reveals a Five-Coordinate NO-Heme. Biochemistry 2000, 39, 388-396. DOI: 10.1021/bi991378g 
    • Ivanisevic, A., Reynolds, M. F., Burstyn, J. N., Ellis, A. B. Films of Metalloporphyrins: Nitric Oxide Sensing and Evidence for the Aversion of an Analyte to a Buried Semiconductor-Film Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122, 3731-3738. DOI: 10.1021/ja993855o 
    • Shelver, D., Thorsteinsson, M. V., Kerby, R. L., Chung, S-Y., Roberts, G. P., Reynolds, M. F., Parks, R. B., Burstyn, J. N. Identification of Two Important Heme Site Residues (Cysteine 75 and Histidine 77) in CooA, the CO-Sensing Transcription Factor of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Biochemistry 1999, 38, 2669-2678. DOI: 10.1021/bi982658j 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Shelver, D., Kerby, R. L., Parks, R. B., Roberts, G. P., Burstyn, J. N. EPR and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopies of the CO-Sensing CooA Protein Reveal a Cysteine-Ligated Low Spin Ferric Heme. Journal of the American Chemical Society Communication 1998, 120, 9080-9081. DOI: 10.1021/bi982658j

    Editorially Reviewed Books

    • X. Savarimuthu, U. Rao, M. F. Reynolds, co-editors, Go Green for Environmental Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Practice, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, July 13, 2021, pages 1-276

    Invited, Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

    Saint Joseph’s University undergraduate students are indicated by * 

    • Reynolds, M. F., Barry*, D., Pogash*, S. Making Heme Proteins Green: Designing Enzymes for Bioremediation and Environmental Sustainability, Go Green for Environmental Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Theory and Practice, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publishing Group, July 13, 2021. pp. 2-14 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Burstyn, J. N. Mechanism of Activation of Soluble Guanylate Cyclase by NO: Allosteric Regulation Through Changes in Heme Coordination Geometry. Nitric Oxide: Biology and Pathobiology, Editor: Louis Ignarro (Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology, 1998), Academic Press, San Diego, 381-389, 2001 
    • Que, L., Jr., Reynolds, M. F. Manganese(II)-Dependent Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase. Metal Ions in Biological Systems, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publishing Group, Manganese and its Role in Biological Processes, 37, 505-525, 2000 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Hurst, J. K., Burstyn, J.N. Nitric Oxide: Yearbook of Science and Technology McGraw Hill, 1999. 255-256 Conference Abstracts Published in Journals Reynolds, M. F., Parks, R. B., Shelver, D., Thorsteinnson, M. V., Kerby, R. B., Roberts, G. P., Burstyn, J. N. Spectroscopy of CO-sensing CooA Reveals a Ligand Displacement Mechanism for CO Activation. J. Inorg. Biochem. 1999, 74, 276 (from the 9th International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC)) 

    Other Scientific Work

    • Reynolds, M. F., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Studies on the mechanisms of activation of NO-sensing soluble guanylyl cyclase from bovine lung and CO-sensing CooA from Rhodospirillum rubrum. graduate thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison library, 1999, pages 1-520

    Presentations At Professional Conferences

    Saint Joseph’s University undergraduate students are indicated by* 

    • Reynolds, M. F. Photoacoustic Calorimetry and Spectroscopic Studies of O2-sensing FixL from S. meliloti and Heme-PAS Domain Variants Reveal Multiple Intermediates in the Signal Transduction Mechanism, American Chemical Society National Conference, New Orleans, Podium presentation, Bioinorganic Section (Presider of session), March 20, 2024
    • Barr*, G., Ortiz de Montellano, E.*, Rao, U., Reynolds, M. F. The Degradation of Industrial Azo Dyes with Heme Proteins and Hydrogen Peroxide, poster presentation, CUR Undergraduate Research Festival, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2023 
    • Ortiz de Montellano, E.*, Barr, G., Faglie, B.*, Stefanic, I.*, Rao, U., Reynolds, M. F. Biodegradation of Industrial Textile Anthraquinone Dyes with Hydrogen Peroxide using Horse Hemoglobin and Horse Heart Myoglobin as Green Catalysts, Center for Undergraduate Research Research Festival, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2023
    • Barr, G.*, Reynolds, M. and Rao, U. The Degradation of Four Key Industrial Dyes with Heme Proteins and Hydrogen Peroxide, Sigma Xi Regional Conference, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2023 
    • Ortiz de Montellano, E.*, Barr, G.*, Stefanic, I.*, Falgie, B.*, Reynolds, M., and Rao, U. Decolorization of Industrial Textle Anthraquinone Dyes with Hydrogen Peroxide using Horse Hemoglobin and Horse Heart Myoglobin as Green Catalysts. Sigma Xi Regional Conference, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2022
    • Barr*, G., Ortiz de Montellano, E.*, Rao, U., Reynolds, M. F. The Degradation of Industrial Azo Dyes with Heme Proteins and Hydrogen Peroxide, poster presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, March 2023
    • Ortiz De Montellano, E.*, Barr, G.*, Faglie, B.*, Stefanic, I.*, Rao, U., Reynolds, M. F. Biodegradation of Industrial Textile Anthraquinone Dyes with Hydrogen Peroxide using Horse Hemoglobin and Horse Heart Myoglobin as Green Catalysts, poster presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, March 2023 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Rao, U., Pogash*, S., Saul*, A., Barry*, D. Turning Heme Proteins Green: A Study of the Degradation of Anthraquinone Textile Dyes using Mammalian Hemoglobin and Myoglobin, poster presentation, Goldschmidt International Conference, hybrid, Honolulu, HI, July 2022 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Rao, U., Pogash*, S., Saul*, A. , Barry*, D. Turing Heme Proteins Green: A Study of the Degradation of Anthraquinone Textile Dyes using Mammalian Hemoglobin and Myoglobin, selected for a flash talk, Goldschmidt International Conference, hybrid, Honolulu, HI, July 2022 
    • Rao, U., Reynolds, M., Pogash*, S., Saul*, A. , Barry*, D. Exploring the Bioremediation Potential of Mammalian Hemoglobin and Myoglobin in the Degradation of Toxic Azo Industrial Dyes, poster presentation, Goldschmidt International Conference, hybrid,Honolulu, HI, July 2022. 
    • Rao, U., Reynolds, M., Pogash*, S., Saul*, A. , Barry*, D. Exploring the Bioremediation Potential of Mammalian Hemoglobin and Myoglobin in the Degradation of Toxic Azo Industrial Dyes, selected for a flash talk, Goldschmidt International Hybrid Conference, Honolulu, HI, July 2022. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. Conformational Changes Associated with Ligand Dissociation of the FixL Heme-PAS Protein from S. meliloti: Insights into the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism, research talk, American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, The College of New Jersey, NJ, June 2022 
    • Pogash, S.*, Saul, A.*, Barry, D.*, Reynolds, M. F., Rao, U. A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Myoglobin and Hemoglobin in the Bioremediation of Azo, Anthraquinone, Indigoid, and Triarylmethane Dye Pollution, 32nd Annual Sigma Xi Symposium, Saint Joseph’s University, PA, April 2022
    • Pogash*, S., Saul*, A., Barry*, D., Rao, U., Reynolds, M. F. Turning heme proteins green: Novel applications of heme proteins in the bioremediation of azo, anthraquinone, indigoid, and triarylmethane industrial dye pollution, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, March 2022
    • Reynolds, M. F., Pogash*, S., Barry*, D. Studies of FixL from S. meliloti reveal the Importance of a Conserved Salt Bridge in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Electronic Biological Inorganic Chemistry (eBIC) international Conference, selected flash talk, July2021
    • Reynolds, M. F., Pogash*, S., Barry*, D. A Salt Bridge Between a Conserved Arginine and a Heme Propionate Plays a Key Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the FixL Protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti, Middle Atlantic States, American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, University of Delaware, Online Talk(selected as Opening Speaker of the Chemical Biology Innovation Symposium) , June 2021
    • Pogash*, S., Barry*, D., Reynolds, M. F. Green Chemistry/Bioremediation: Converting SmFixL from an Oxygen Sensor Into a Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase, American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, University of Delaware, online poster, June 2021
    • Barry*, D., Pogash*, S., Reynolds, M. F. Use of Heme Proteins in Bioremediation Efforts: Turning Heme Green, American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, University of Delaware, online poster, June 2021 
    • Brame*, N., Troutman*, A., Reynolds, M. F.  Conserved Heme Domain Residues Play a Crucial Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the SmFixL protein from S. meliloti National American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia PA, March 2020 (accepted but in-person conference cancelled due to Covid-19)
    • Brame*, N., Troutman*, A., Reynolds, M. F.  Spectroscopic Studies of the SmFixL Protein from S. meliloti Reveal that Conserved Residues in the Heme Domain Play Crucial Roles in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism. International Conference of Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-19) Interlaken, Switzerland, August 2019 
    • Dispenziere*, E., McCann*, D., Reynolds, M. F. The Role of Conserved Heme Residues in the Oxygen-Sensing Mechanism of the SmFixL Protein from S. meliloti. National American Chemical Society Meeting, Orlando Fl, March 2019 
    • McHugh*, M., Schadt*, J., Reynolds, M. F. Understanding the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the Heme-PAS Protein SmFixL using Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Small Molecule Binding Studies. National American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego CA, March 2016
    • Vilbert*, A., Ang*, E., Reynolds, M. F. Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Spectroscopic Studies of the Oxygen Sensing Heme-PAS FixL Protein from S. meliloti Reveal the Importance of Fa-helix Residues in Oxygen Sensing. National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 2013
    • Julian*, N., Ott*, C., Nguyen*, K., Reynolds, M. F. Site-directed mutagenesis studies of Conserved Residues in the Heme Domain of SmFixL*: Insights into the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of Heme-PAS Proteins, National American Chemical Society Meeting, San Diego CA March 2012
    • Ang*, E., Julian*, N., Nguyen*, K., Ott*, C., Reynolds, M. F. Spectroscopic and Site directed Mutagenesis studies of Conserved Residues in the Heme Domain of SmFixL*: Insights into the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of Heme-PAS Proteins, Swarthmore College, Regional Microbiology Educators Annual Student Research Symposium July 2011
    • Castonguay*, A., Ott*, C., Reynolds, M. F. Conserved Fa-helix Residues Play an Important Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the Heme-PAS  SmFixL* Protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2011
    • Castonguay*, A., Millet*, N., Reynolds, M. F. Conserved Fa-helix Residues Play an Important Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the Heme-PAS SmFixL* Protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2010
    • Ang*, E., Julian*, N., Nguyen*, K., Castonguay*, A., Ott*, C., Reynolds, M. F. Penn State University, Conserved Fa-helix Residues Play an Important Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the heme-PAS  SmFixL protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti. National Metals in Biology Conference, Penn State University, PA, June 2010 
    • Castonguay*, A., Lam*, L., Millet*, N., Ott*, C., Reynolds, M. F. Conserved Fa-helix Residues Play an Important Role in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of the heme-PAS  SmFixL protein from Sinorhizobium meliloti. Regional Microbiology Educators Annual Student Research Symposium College, July 2009. 
    • Ackley*, L., Sato*, R., Blizman*, A., Geissler*, J., Miles*, M., Pozzessere*, N., Sato*, R., Reynolds, M. F. Role of Conserved Fa helix Residues in the Native Fold and Stability of the Kinase Inhibited Oxy State of the Oxygen Sensing FixL Protein from S. meliloti. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2009 
    • Ackley*, L., Sato*, R., Blizman*, A., Reynolds, M. F. . Role of conserved heme domain residues in the oxygen sensing mechanism of FixL from S. meliloti Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Biochemistry, National American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA August 2008 
    • Weaver*, M., Ackley*, L., Lutz*, Z., Reynolds, M. F. The Role of Conserved Proximal in the Heme-based Oxygen Sensor FixL from S. meliloti. National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, March 2008
    • Ackley*, L., Lutz*, Z., Smith*, D., Weaver*, M., Reynolds, M. F. The Role of Conserved Proximal Residues in the Heme-Based Oxygen Sensor FixL from S. meliloti. Americal Chemical Society Philadelphia Sectional Meeting, Temple University, Philadelphia, January, 2008
    • Weaver*, M., Reynolds M. F. The Role of Conserved Proximal Residues in the Heme-Based Oxygen Sensor FixL from S. meliloti. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2008 
    • Patterson*, J., Pace*, M., Reynolds, M.F. Heme Inhibits Mammalian BK Channels. National American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2007 Ackley*, L., Lutz*, Z., Weaver*, M., Reynolds, M. The Role of Conserved Proximal Heme Site Residues in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of FixL from S. meliloti. Regional Microbiology Educators Annual Student Research Symposium College, July, 2007 
    • Weaver*, M., Lutz*, Z., Ackley*, L., Reynolds, M. The Role of Conserved Proximal Heme Site Residues in the Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of FixL from S. meliloti. Northeastern Microbiologists:  Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy (NEMPET), June, 2007. 
    • Patterson*, J., Schutt*, M., Saia*, K., Reynolds, M. F. The Oxygen Sensing Mechanism of FixL. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2007. 
    • Patterson*, J., Weaver*, M., Reynolds, M. F. The Mechanism of Oxygen Sensing in FixL, Northeastern Microbiologists:  Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy (NEMPET), June 2006. 
    • ace*, M., Burrows*, J., Reynolds, M.F. Heme Regulates Mammalian BK Channels, Northeastern Microbiologists:  Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy (NEMPET), June 2006. 
    • Wesolow*, J., Saia*, K., Pace*, M., Reynolds, M.F., Hoshi, T. Regulation of Mammalian BK Channels by Heme. National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR), University of North Carolina-Asheville, April 2006. 
    • Wesolow*, J., Olson*, J., Pace*, M., Reynolds, M. F. Regulation of Mammalian Large-Conduction Potassium Channels by Heme. Sigma Xi Regional Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2006. 
    • Saia*, K., Patterson*, J., Reynolds, M. F. How does FixL Sense Oxygen and Regulate Nitrogen Fixation in Alfalfa Plants? Sigma Xi Meeting, Saint Joseph’s University, April 2006. 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Manoff*, D., Tarves*, P, Tang, X. D., Hoshi, T. Heme Inhibits Mammalian BK Channels, International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC 12), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, August 2005. 
    • Manoff*, D. R., Saia*, K., Tarves*, P., Cunic*, A.M., Lemons*, L. L., Reynolds, M. F. The Role of the Proximal Histidine in the Oxygen Sensing of FixL from Sinorhizobium meliloti, American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meeting, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2005.
    • Manoff*, D., Saia*, K., Cunic*, A., Reynolds, M. Determination of the role of the proximal Histidine (His194) in gas-sensing in the FixL protein Sinorhizobium meliloti. Sigma Xi Regional Conference, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia PA April 2005.
    • Reynolds, M. F., Manoff*, D. M., Tarves*, P. Heme Binds to and Regulates Mammalian BK Channels, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.
    • Reynolds, M. F., Manoff*, D. M., Tarves*, P., Xiang, P.;, Tang, D.; Hoshi, T. Heme Binds to and Regulates Mammalian BK Channels, Tetrapyrrole Gordon Conference, Newport, RI, July 2004.
    • Manoff*, D., Tarves*, P., Reynolds, M. The Oxygen sensing Mechanism of FixL Sigma Xi Regional Conference, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia PA, April 2004.
    • Reynolds, M. F., Wagner, M. L., Sadowsky, M. J., Wackett, L. P., Que, Jr. , L. Probing The Mechanism and Metal Specificity of MndD, a Mn(II)-Dependent Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase From Arthrobacter globiformis CM-2, Using Spectroscopic Techniques and Site-Directed Mutagenesis, American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Princeton, NJ, July 2003. 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Wagner, M. L., Koehntop, K.,  Wackett, L. P., Sadowsky, M. J., Que Jr., L. Spectroscopic Studies of Fe-Substituted Mn-Dependent MndD, an Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase from Arthrobacter globiformis CM-2, Reveal a Blue-Green Enzyme with an Inactive Fe-Catecholate Active Site.” American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003. 
    • Reynolds, M. F., Wagner, M. L., Koehntop, K., Wackett, L. P., Sadowsky, M. J., Que Jr., L. Spectroscopic Studies of Fe-Substituted Mn-Dependent MndD, an Extradiol-Cleaving Catechol Dioxygenase from Arthrobacter globiformis CM-2, Reveal a Blue-Green Enzyme with an Inactive Fe-Catecholate Active Site.” American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003. This poster was chosen for a second presentation in the ACS Sci-Mix session, an honor given to <10% of presentations in each division. It was also highlighted in the ACS  news journal Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN). 
    • Reynolds M. F., M. L. Wagner, M. L., Sadowsky, M. J., Wacket, L. P.  Que, Jr., L. Site-Directed Mutagenesis Studies of Conserved Second Coordination Sphere Residues in the Manganese-Dependent 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetate 2,3-Dioxygenases from Arthrobacter globiformis strain CM-2 Suggest the Importance of H200 in Stabilizing the Metal Bound Superoxide in the Extradiol Cleavage Mechanism. Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 2002. 
    • A. Ivanisevic, Reynolds, M. F. Photoluminescent Properties of Cadmium Selenide in Contact with Solutions and Films of Metalloporphyrins: Nitric Oxide and Oxygen-Driven Transducers, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2000. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. , Parks, R. B., Shelver, D., Thorsteinsson, M. W., Kerby, R. L., Roberts, G. P., Burstyn, J. N. Spectroscopy of CO-Sensing CooA Reveals a Ligand Displacement Mechanism for CO Activation, International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC-9), Minneapolis, MN, July 1999. 
    • Reynolds, M.F. , Shelver,, D., Burstyn, J. N. Roberts, G. P. Spectroscopic Studies of the Heme Environment in CO-Sensing CooA, Oral Presentation, Graduate Research Seminar in Bioinorganic Chemistry and Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, January 1998. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. , Graham, J.P. , Dierks, E. A., Bursten, B. E. , Burstyn, J. N. Nitric Oxide Activation of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Nitric Oxide, Los Angeles, CA, July 1996. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. , Dierks, E.A. , Bursten, B. E. , Burstyn,  J. N. Four Coordinate Metalloporphyrins Activate Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase, National Metals in Biology Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1995. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. ,  Graham, J.P. , Dierks, E.A., Bursten, B. E. , Burstyn, J. N The Trans Influence of NO in Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase: A Mechanism for Activation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 1995. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. , Dierks, E.A. , Yu,, A., Burstyn, J. N. The NO Sensing Mechanism of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase, University of Wisconsin Great Lakes Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Madison, WI, 1994. 
    • Reynolds, M. F. Krauss, M. , Timm, N. , Minelli, M. Synthesis, Structure and Characterization of Molybdenum (VI) Imido Complexes of the Type (Mo(L)(dtc)3)2(Mo6O19), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, January 1993.